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Category: Vintage Advertising

Vintage Flooring Advertising 1930s-1960s

This weekend I was with a group of friends and one of them mentioned that they would love to see a “Terrazzo flooring” post. This is a much bigger research project but for today I thought it would be fun to focus on vintage advertising for all types of “Flooring” from the 1930’s to the 1960’s.

1960 Flintkote Floors Vintage Ad featuring various early 1960s people posing with their floors.

1960s Flintkote fashion floors. Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages


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Vintage Flooring Advertising 1930s-1960s

1940s vintage ad for Armstrong’s Linoleum Flooring, featuring cool flooring ideas for when you turn that “unused attic into a one-room apartment”.

How big is that attic?

Further Reading: One of my top blog posts is entitled, “The Beautiful World of 1940s Linoleum Flooring” and features a bevy of fantastic flooring ads. Please take a look after your done with this post.

1940s vintage ad for 'Armstrong's Linoleum Flooring' featuring cool flooring ideas for when you turn that "unused attic into a one-room apartment".

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

1937 Armstrong’s Linoleum Floors ad featuring “Five Rooms In ONE!”.

“It’s a study, a den, a sewing room, a fitting room and a guest room”.

1930s vintage ad: 1937 Armstrong’s Linoleum Floors advertisement featuring "Five Rooms In ONE!". Super vintage home interior design ideas.

Source: American Century Shop

1951 Amtico Rubber Flooring, featuring a stylish early 1950s bedroom and hallway.

“Tommi Parzinger calls Amtico Rubber Flooring “Designer’s Delight!” (he was a designer).

1951 AMTICO RUBBER FLOORING Vintage ad featuring images of early 1950s bedroom and hallway flooring.

Source: Etsy-KristensVintagePaper

“Splash away, Betty! Congoleum Rugs like water”. This ad is from the March, 1933 McCall’s magazine.

1930s vintage ad: 1933 Congoleum Gold Seal Rugs Vintage Flooring Advertisement.

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

I LOVE THIS MID-CENTURY ROOM in this 1961 Armstrong vinyl floors ad!

What a fun party area to spend time with friends in while listening to records or having a drink at the bar and then relaxing on the leopard print sofa. Special shoutout to the record player screen and the tiki themed decor.

1960s vintage floor ad for Armstrong Vinyl Floors from 1960. What a fun party area to spend time with friends in while listening to records or having a drink at the bar and then relaxing on the leopard print sofa. Special shoutout to the record player screen and the tiki themed decor.

Source: Etsy-KristensVintagePaper

‘Kentile Vinyl’ floor ad from Better Homes and Gardens magazine, Spring 1959. “Metallic Chip – adds the glitter of gold to luxurious solid vinyl”.

1950s Vintage Advertisement: 'Kentile Vinyl' floor ad from Better Homes and Gardens magazine, Spring 1959 featuring a fashionable 1950s couple

Source: Etsy-MidCenturyPrintAds

1947 Kentile Asphalt Tile advertisement featuring flooring ideas for your basement or a classroom (the basement party / game room looks fun!).

1940s vintage floor ad: 1947 Kentile Asphalt Tile Vintage Ad featuring flooring ideas for your basement or even a school classroom.

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

Hello Mid-Century Family Room! If you watched Mad Men, this feels like some place Don Draper would of lived.

1968 Armstrong Vinyl Flooring ad.

1960s vintage floor ad from 1968 for Armstrong vinyl floor featuring a mid century family room / living room. Super vintage home decor & home design inspiration.

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

“Thank your Stars Your Hair is Silver Gray”. 1941 Alexander Smith Rugs vintage ad.

“This is a room for a woman with silver-gray hair. She doesn’t just in it. She “wears” it-and it makes her radiant. For this is is a new idea in decoration-rooms created to flatter your hair and skin and eyes. It’s called Colorama…..”

Liz note: I am going white haired very quickly (have been since 16) and this 1940s vintage hairstyle on our model is fantastic inspiration for my next stage in life.

1940s Vintage Flooring Ad from 1941 for Alexander Smith Rugs featuring a woman with silver gray hair 1940s hairstyle posing in front of her livingroom with green carpet and yellow furniture.

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

You can never have enough game room floor and interior design ideas. This is from a 1957 Armstrong Plastic Flooring ad and features not only a cool floor, but a pool table, bar, piano AND an indoor firepit (to the far left). How awesome is this room?!

1950s vintage floor ad: You can never have enough game room floor and interior design ideas. This is from a 1957 Armstrong Plastic Flooring ad and features not only a cool floor, but a pool table, bar, piano AND an indoor firepit (to the far left). How awesome is this room?!

Source: Etsy-KristensVintagePaper

Vintage ceramic flooring 1950s ad featuring the stunning modernist design of Harwell Hamilton Harris.

Further Reading: 1950s / 1960s Outdoor Patio Furniture Ideas

Vintage ceramic flooring 1950s ad featuring the stunning modernist design of Harwell Hamilton Harris.

Source: Etsy-MidCenturyPrintAds

1941 SEALEX Linoleum Floors ad featuring a very posh dining room with a green linoleum floor. The ad also includes a wall covering interior design note.

Further Reading: Vintage Wallpaper Ideas from a 1940 Montgomery Ward Catalog & Be Inspired! Vintage Photos of Wallpaper Designs in Mid Century Homes

1940s Vintage Floor Ad: 1941 SEALEX Linoleum Floors ad featuring a very posh dining room with a green linoleum floor. The ad also  includes a wall covering interior design note.

Source: Etsy-KristensVintagePaper

“A new floor in minutes!…just roll it out! Beautiful!…sanitary!…easy to clean!”.

Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs 1955 advertisement.

1950s vintage flooring advertisement for Gold Seal Congoleum Riugs 1955 featuring images of different rugs you could buy for your 1950s home.

Source: Etsy-Plentiful Pages

I loved doing this post, I just enjoy seeing how homes looked in all the different time periods (big fan of the 1950s and 1960’s mid-century interior designs).

What vintage ad did you enjoy? Or floor / design idea? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Further Reading: Vintage Home Decor / Interior Design archived blogs posts from the 1920s-1960s

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

Embrace the Romance: Celebrating Valentine’s Day with a Vintage Twist

Happy Valentine’s Day to all those who are celebrating!

Today’s blog post is a collection of vintage Valentine’s Day photos, images, magazine covers, greeting cards and vintage advertising.

Let the romance begin!

1950s vintage photo of a 1950s Valentines Day Dance featuring 2 couples sitting together in 1950s fashions with Valentine decorations on the wall.

Photo: Taking a break for a chat at the dance.

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day 1920s-1960s Archived blog posts


Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 


The Valentine’s Day Dances:

1950s photo of two couples posing in a giant heart with streamers all around at their Valentine’s Day Dance.

What fun decor! Great idea for your next 1950s party.

1950s vintage photo of a Valentines Day Dance decoration of a giant heart with streamers and 1950s couples posing in the heart

Source: Etsy-JakeRoebucks

1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine’s Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with a heart dress. Love it!

1940s vintage photo: 1947 Daddy, Daughter Valentine's Dance featuring in the photo an adorable girl with her heart dress.

Source: eBay

1956 Valentine Dance with teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date. ha!

Further Reading: Vintage Photos Of The Social Dance

1950s vintage photo of a Valentine's Day Dance featuring young teenagers and a young man dancing with a broom made to look like his date.

Source: Flickr-The Library of Virginia

Vintage Valentine’s Day Photos

1930s photo of two smiling teenagers sharing a special Valentine’s Day moment with a box of chocolates.

1930s vintage photo of two teenagers sitting on a couch together on Valentines Day. The young man is giving a box of chocolates to the young woman with the 1930s hairstyle

Source: Time.com

1943-Even during WWII, US soldiers overseas were able to send Valentine’s cards to sweethearts back home.

1940s vintage photo of US soldiers looking at valentines day cards to send back home in 1943

Source: Taste of Home

Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) Valentine’s Day 1944 -Young military couple chalking hearts onto a tree during WW2.

1940s vintage photo Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) Valentine's Day 1944 -Young military couple chalking hearts onto a tree during WW2.

Source: Flickr

1950s photo: Giving a Valentine’s Day heart.

LOVE the 1950s dress on our beaming 1950s University student.

1950s vintage photo of a young woman university student in a 1950s dress receiving a box of heart chocolates on Valentines Day at the door from her date.

Source: Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives Photos. Call Number: RG 71/0 1950s

1957 photo of a young woman serving punch in the cutest punch bowl with fun & kitschy Valentine decorations.

1950s vintage photo: 1957 photo of a young woman serving punch in the cutest punch bowl with fun & kitschy Valentine decorations.

Source: Redbook

Valentine’s Day Cards

Further Reading: Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards (archived blog post)

1950s / 1960s “Valentine Greetings…Just ‘Cause I kinda Likes Ya!”

1950s 1960s vintage Valentine's Day Card featuring an adorable little Black girl illustration playing on the grass.

Source: Pinterest

“My Valentine..I’ll never you , ‘The Gate’. 1940s card.

1940s vintage valentines day card featuring an illustration of a girl in a 1940s dress at a gate

Source: Etsy-Russellsvintage

“I couldn’t BEAR to lose you dear Valentine”. Ahhh! 1930’s card.

"I couldn't BEAR to lose you dear Valentine". Ahhh! 1930's Valentines Day card featuring two cute Black Bears hugging. Fun vintage valentines day.

Source: Etsy-Adawegamig

The Valentine’s Day Magazine Covers

Further Reading: Vintage Valentines Day Magazine Covers (archived post)

1928’s NeedleCraft, February Issue featuring a girl holding Valentine’s while putting on her coat.

1920s vintage magazine cover for Needlecraft magazine on valentines day featuring ani llustration of a girl holding a heart

Source: Alamy

1939 issue of Woman’s World with a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves.

1930s Vintage Magazine: 1939 issue of Woman’s World has a colorful Valentines Day cover with Cupid, flowers, hearts and doves

Source: Etsy-paintedpony99

Jeanne Crain, on the Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944.

1940s vintage magazine cover for Valentines Day featuring Jeanne Crain, Modern Screen magazine cover, February 1944

Source: Alamy

February 7th, 1943-“First Kiss” as seen in ‘The Detroit Free Press Parade’ weekly picture newspaper.

The image according to Parade, said that the little kids were unaware that they had an audience when the little girl laid a kiss on the cheek of her little crush. Adorable.

Source: Parade Magazine

Now not really Magazine Covers but I love a good Romance Comic book (I own a few, mostly to drool over the 1950s & 1960s fashions) and thought I would slide in ones you can purchase right now (in PDF format).

Then when you have time, take a look at my archived post, Romance Comics of the 1950s and 1960s.

Source: Etsy-VintageComicBoutique

Vintage Valentine’s Day Advertising

1940s ad for a ‘Lane Cedar Hope Chest’. “Step into her heart forever. Give her a LANE this Valentine’s Day.”

1940s vintage ad for a Lane hope chest for Valentines Day featuring a man helping a woman in 1940s dress and 1940s hairstyle threw a heart with cupids all around.

Source: Pinterest

“It’s “Remembering Day”…Remember?” Whitman’s Chocolates ad from the 1950s reminding all those who need remembering about Valentine’s Day on February 14th.

"It's "Remembering Day"...Remember?" Whitman's Chocolates ad from the 1950s reminding all those who need remembering about Valentine's Day on February 14th.

Source: Pinterest

1959 ad for Coca-Cola…”Be Really Refreshed….Love That Coke!” as seen in the February National Geographic.

1950s vintage ad for Coca-Cola., Valentines Day featuring a couple sharing a coke inside a giant heart, as seen in February 1959 National Geographic Magazoine

Source: Etsy-The Ad Agency

1954 advertisement…”to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars”. YUM!

1950s vintage ad for Milky Way Chocolate bars on Valentine's Day. 1954 advertisement..."to my candy kid, Milky Way Chocolate bars".

Source: Redbook

“1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.”1950s underwear advertisement with a Valentine theme. “Mother-Daughter favorites with the famous Lollipop Cuffing-Cotton Brief.

1950s vintage ad for womens and girls underware, cotton briefs with a Valentines Day theme.

Source: Pinterest

Vintage Valentine’s Day Pin-Up Photos

1940s vintage photo of a pin-up for Valentines Days dressed up as a painter. -Vintage Valentine Pin-up photo.

Joyce Mathews (actress) in 1939 as vintage Valentines Day pin-up.

1930s vintage photo of Joyce Mathews in 1939 as vintage valentines day pinup

Source: Pinterest

Jet Magazine, February 17, 1955, “Be My Valentine” photoshoot featuring 22 year-old model Cynthia Willburn.

1950s vintage magazine Jet Magazine featuring a beautiful Black Pin-up model posing for a Be My Valentine photo shoot February 17, 1955

Source: Flickr

I will end this post with this funny 1968 Valentine’s Day commercial for Scope (video link).

I hope you enjoyed this fun read and I hope you have a lovely day celebrating all things LOVE! 

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz